Iryna Burd

Dr. Iryna Burd represents corporate clients and private equity firms in connection with a wide range of M&A transactions. In recognition of her work, Dr. Burd has been named one of Best Lawyers’ 2024 and 2025 Ones To Watch. She is a member of the firm’s Germany Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee.

Dr. Burd’s significant representations include:

• International Flavors and Fragrances Inc. in the sale of its nitrocellulose business, associated production facilities and the Walsrode Industrial Park to Czechoslovak Group A.S.
• B-Flexion (formerly Northill Capital), a private investment firm, in the combination of its portfolio company Securis Investment Partners, a leading insurance-linked securities manager, with Twelve Capital, a provider of capital to the insurance and reinsurance industry
• SDCL Edge Acquisition Corporation, an NYSE-listed SPAC, in its business combination with cunova GmbH, a leading global manufacturer of high-end specialty copper alloy products
• Hermann Rosen, founder of ROSEN Group, a global leader in inspection and integrity management services for energy transmission pipelines, in the carve-out of the company’s New Ventures division, the sale of ROSEN Group to Partners Group AG and a significant reinvestment by Mr. Rosen in the new ownership structure
• Trimble Inc. in the sale and contribution of its agriculture business to a joint venture with AGCO Corporation, as well as AGCO’s US$2 billion acquisition of an 85% stake in the joint venture
• Aptean, Inc., owned by TA Associates Management, LP, Vista Equity Partners Management, LLC and Charlesbank Capital Partners, LLC, in its acquisition of Drink-IT
• Energy Infrastructure Partners in:
  • its minority investment of up to €700 million in Eni Plenitude, an Italian diversified energy transition company, at an enterprise value of over €10 billion and a post-money equity value of approximately €8 billion
  • the acquisition of a 49% stake in Iberdrola’s €1.425 billion Wikinger offshore wind farm
• The KraftHeinz Company in its acquisition of an 85% stake in Just Spices GmbH
• Netflix, Inc. in its acquisition of Scanline VFX